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SIGN OF A TOUGHER AMERICA?
President Ford
act~d
swiftly and reso–
lutely to restore honor on the high seas
- and honor at home.
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BITTER MEMORIES KEPT ALIVE
The News Editor's tour of Eastern Europe
revealed that World War 11 is more than
justa dim memory.
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THE MISSING DIMENSION IN SEX
Chapter 2 of the Editor-in-Chiefs revised
book.
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WHEN TERRORISTS GO NUCLEAR
In our cénter "spread, Science -Editor
Robert Ginskey shows how easily n.uclear
terrorists could blackmail a city, a
nation ... or the entire earth.
15 THE AMERICAN
ECONOMY CURABLE
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When an immovable recession meets
an irresistible inflation, somethlng has
to give ... or does it?
IN BRIEF
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General Counsel to the Editor-in-Chief,
Stanley Rader, sees renewed pride in
U.S. power in the wake of the Mayaguez.
GARNER TED ARMSTRONG
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SPEAKS OUT!
lfs Moshe Kol 's turn to "speak out,"
as Editor Garner Ted Armstrong inter–
views the Israelí Minister of Tourism.
PLAYING POKER WITH
PETRODOLLARS
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Aces in the hole are replaced by def–
ricks in the desért in this bizarre game
of winner-take-oil.
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TAIPII
PIIING-
mu•
•ciSIOI
fDR
U.S.
by
Keith Stump
Following in tbe footsteps of bis peace and continuad to hold at, bay
predecessor. President Ford is plan- ove( 2 million Japanese wbo would
ning a stato visit to tbe People's Re- otherwise have been fighting Ameri–
public of China later tbis year. cans in the westem Pacific. l.ater,
Speculations are rampan! as to what following his expulsion from the Chi-
new initiatives might be forthcoming nasa mainland in 1949 by Commu-
from the visit.
nist forces under Mao Tse-tung, the
"He's nota tourist," an official in strong-willed Generalissimo inspired
Taipei, capital of the " other China:· America 's admiration with bis unre–
on the isl&nd of Taiwan, recently re- lenting determination to one day
marked somewhat glumly to a vis- lead his armies back to the mainland
iting journalist. "He'll certainly want in·victory.
10 accomplish something."
That "something." the people of
Proand Con
Nationalist China fear, could be fur-
Proponents of recognizing Peking
tber steps toward eventual recogni- assert that the United States cannot
tion of Communist China. ·
afford to ignore a nuclear power of
The death of Nationalist leader
800
million people. Furthermore,
Chiang Kai-sbek in April prompted 'they observe, recognition
does
not
w idespread speculation thal the necessarily mean
approval.
And fi–
U.S. might now feel free to changa .rally, recognitíon of Peking would
its longstanding policy toward Tai· give tbe U.S. greater maneüver–
wan -
tbe primary obstacle to ability against tbe Sovlqt Union.
closer relations between Wasbing-
- Opponitnts of witbdnÍwing recog–
to~
!'.nd Pekinq.
.PJesidQnt..ford'~. '~.......:.!'iti~ ~m
Tai'!'!B!J..HSBJS that th'
cent reaffirmation of the U .S. U.S. has little to gain from any fur-
commitm!Jnt
~o
the
_is la~.d
·has
t~er
moves toward full
relati~(ls_y,-it~
helped to allay Nationalist
fi!~rs,
at the mainland - butl'nuch to lose.,
least temporarily. But as one reviews
First, 10 termínate diplomatic rela–
the developments in Washington- tions wíth Taiwan would automati–
Peking relations·during the past four cally abrogate the 1954 Mutual
years. it becomes obvious that be- Defensa Treaty between the U.S.
sjdes full recognition of the Commu- and Taiwan , which obl igas the U.S.
nist giant, there is little else of to dejend the island. For the U .S. to
importance lef1 to be accomplished unilaterally scrap this treaty with a
- and little reason for a state visit.
time-tested friend would,
they
as-
Henry Kissinger's undercover sert, result in a funher loss of U.S.
mission to Peking in July 1971 ini- credibilityaround theworld.
tiated U.S. overtures toward the
There is also the question, oppo-
Peciple's Republic, ending
2Q
years nents point out, of
who
and
whet
9f mutual hostility and nonrecogni- the U.S. would
be
recognizing. Ag–
t ion. The Kissinger sojourn led to ing leaders Mao Tse-tung and Chou
• President Nixon' s historie China trip En-lai are not far from death 's door.
in February 1972.
There is much uncertainty asto how
A year later. maintand China and the chips will fall within China alter
the United States opened "liaison their departure. So is
now
the time
offices" in each other's -capitals. for recognition?
Washington, however, continues to
Finally, there is the basic issue of
formally recognize the National ist política! morality. In abandoning a
government on Taiwan despite . this longstanding, faithful and tested ally
de tacto
recognition of Peking.
,in favor of recognizing its avowed
Until recent years, the..Nationalist enemy, the United States would
be
government had been recognized by sacrificing a friend on the altar of
most natíons as the legitímate gov- political axpedience and would lose
ernment of China. But af1er Taiwan a large measure of national self-re–
was ousted lrom its U.N. seat in spect in the bargain, opponents of
- 1971 in favor of Peking. dozeos of Peking recognition assen.
nations withdrew recognition from
Despite all these considerations,
the Nationalists. Currently, only
30
most observers feel that recognition
nations still recognize Taiwan. In of Peking is on1y a matter of time.
contrast, over
90
nations have es- But no matter what lace-saving for–
tablished ties with Peking .
mula Washington may eventually
For Americans, Taiwan is a sensi- come up with to explain such a
tive and emotional issue. During move, to the people of Taiwan, at
World War 11. Chiang Kai-shek least, it will be a clear·cut case of
refused Japan's qffer pf a separata being sold down the river. a
WEEK ENDINO
JUNE
7, 1975